TAB A - LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACR................................................................................................................. Armored Cavalry Regiment

BDENGR...............................................................................................................Bomb Disposal Engineer

BDO.........................................................................................................................Bomb Disposal Officer

CAM .....................................................................................................................Chemical Agent Monitor

CBDCOM.......................................................................................Chemical/Biological Defense Command

CBDE ..................................................................................Chemical and Biological Defense Establishment

CIA ...................................................................................................................Central Intelligence Agency

CO ..............................................................................................................................Commanding Officer

CP........................................................................................................................................Command Post

CRDEC ...............................................................Chemical Research, Development and Engineering Center

CW .................................................................................................................................Chemical Warfare

CWA.....................................................................................................................Chemical Warfare Agent

DOD .......................................................................................................................Department of Defense

DRAO.........................................................................................Defense Reconstruction Assistance Office

EOD..............................................................................................................Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EPDS.................................................................................. Emergency Personnel Decontamination Station

ERDEC.............................................................Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center

GVIU................................................................................................................Gulf Veterans Illnesses Unit

H...................................................................................................................................................Mustard

HD .....................................................................................................................................Sulfur Mustard

IAD .................................................................................................Investigation and Analysis Directorate

ICP.......................................................................................................................Incident Command Post

IPE ...........................................................................................................Individual Protection Equipment

IRFNA ...................................................................................................Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid

KERO................................................................................................Kuwaiti Emergency Recovery Office

MOD ..........................................................................................................................Ministry of Defence

NATO ..................................................................................................North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBC..........................................................................................................Nuclear, Biological & Chemical

OSAGWI....................................................................Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses

PACGWVI .............................................Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses

PGWITF..........................................................................................Persian Gulf War Illnesses Task Force

RFNA....................................................................................................................Red Fuming Nitric Acid

SIBCA ...........................................................Sampling and Identification of Biological & Chemical Agents

SOP............................................................................................................Standard Operating Procedure

UN ....................................................................................................................................United Nations

UNSCOM..............................................................................United Nations Special Commission on Iraq

USALOK ..............................................................................................US Army Liaison Officer Kuwait

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